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The Senate last night voted 92-2 to approve the conference report to the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524), legislation designed to help stem the epidemic of opioid abuse through education, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
The House Appropriations Committee today approved legislation that would provide $161.6 billion in discretionary funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies in fiscal year 2017. The bill would provide $73.2 billion for HHS programs, an…
Forty-six governors have agreed to take additional actions to fight opioid addiction, the National Governors Association announced yesterday.
Hospitals are offering individuals more electronic access to their medical information than ever before, according to a new AHA TrendWatch report highlighting patient access-related results from the AHA Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement.
Six hospitals and two medical schools have been selected to participate in a four-year initiative, in partnership with the AHA and others, to transform clinical training for residents and physicians who pursue formal specialty and subspecialty training, the Accreditation Council for Graduate…
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, IL, will receive the 2016 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize on Sunday for its leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety. Finalist Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital in Houston also will be honored, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services projects national health spending will grow an average 5.8% between 2015 and 2025, unchanged from last year’s 10-year estimate, according to a report published online today by Health Affairs. Spending grew a projected 5.5% in 2015, up from…
The Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing to examine how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes to implement physician payment reforms under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Sens. John Thune (R-SD), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Richard Burr (R-NC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) today introduced the Electronic Health Record Regulatory Relief Act (S. 3173), legislation that would provide regulatory flexibility and hardship relief to hospitals…
The House Ways and Means Committee today approved legislation (H.R. 5713) that would extend the 25% Rule relief that has been in place for long-term care hospitals. The nine-month extension would apply to LTCH discharges between Oct.1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. Among other provisions, the bill would…